Bathyraja is a large genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae.
Species
There are 56 recognized species in this genus:
- Bathyraja abyssicola <small>(Gilbert, 1896)</small> (Deep-sea skate)
- Bathyraja aguja <small>(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)</small> (Aguja skate)
- Bathyraja albomaculata <small>(Norman, 1937)</small> (White-dotted skate)
- Bathyraja aleutica <small>(Gilbert, 1896)</small> (Aleutian skate)
- Bathyraja andriashevi <small>Dolganov, 1985</small> (Little-eyed skate)
- Bathyraja bergi <small>Dolganov, 1983</small> (Bottom skate)
- Bathyraja brachyurops <small>(Fowler, 1910)</small> (Broadnose skate)
- Bathyraja chapmani <small>Ebert, Alfaro-Shigueto, Velez-Zuazo, Pajuelo & Mangel, 2022</small> (Chapman's skate)
- Bathyraja cousseauae <small>DÃÂaz de Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004</small> (Joined-fins skate)
- Bathyraja diplotaenia <small>(Ishiyama, 1952)</small> (Dusky-pink skate)
- Bathyraja eatonii <small>(Günther, 1876)</small> (Eaton's skate)
- Bathyraja fedorovi <small>Dolganov, 1985</small> (Cinnamon skate)
- Bathyraja griseocauda <small>(Norman, 1937)</small> (Graytail skate)
- Bathyraja hesperafricana <small>Stehmann, 1995</small> (West African skate)
- Bathyraja interrupta <small>(Gill & Townsend, 1897)</small> (Sandpaper skate)
- Bathyraja irrasa <small>Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980</small> (Kerguelen sandpaper skate)
- Bathyraja ishiharai <small>Stehmann, 2005</small>
- Bathyraja isotrachys <small>(Günther, 1877)</small> (Raspback skate)
- Bathyraja kincaidii <small>(Garman, 1908)</small> (Sandpaper skate)
- Bathyraja leucomelanos <small>Iglésias & Lévy-Hartmann, 2012</small> (Domino Skate)
- Bathyraja lindbergi <small>Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977</small> (Commander skate)
- Bathyraja longicauda <small>(F. de Buen, 1959)</small> (Slimtail skate)
- Bathyraja maccaini <small>Springer, 1971</small> (McCain's skate)
- Bathyraja macloviana <small>(Norman, 1937)</small> (Patagonian skate)
- Bathyraja maculata <small>Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977</small> (White-blotched skate)
- Bathyraja magellanica <small>(Philippi {Krumweide}, 1902)</small> (Magellan skate)
- Bathyraja mariposa <small>Stevenson, Orr, Hoff & McEachran, 2004</small> (Butterfly skate)
- Bathyraja matsubarai <small>(Ishiyama, 1952)</small> (Dusky-purple skate)
- Bathyraja meridionalis <small>Stehmann, 1987</small> (Dark-belly skate)
- Bathyraja microtrachys <small>Osburn & Nichols, 1916</small> (Fine-spined skate)
- Bathyraja minispinosa <small>Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977</small> (Smallthorn skate)
- Bathyraja multispinis <small>(Norman, 1937)</small> (Multispine skate)
- Bathyraja murrayi <small>(Günther, 1880)</small> (Murray's skate)
- Bathyraja nansei Misawa, Moteki & Endo, 2025
- Bathyraja notoroensis <small>Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977</small> (Notoro skate)
- Bathyraja pallida <small>(Forster, 1967)</small> (Pale ray)
- Bathyraja panthera <small>Orr, Stevenson, Hoff, Spies & McEachran, 2011</small> (Leopard skate)
- Bathyraja papilionifera <small>Stehmann, 1985</small> (Butterfly skate)
- Bathyraja parmifera <small>(Bean, 1881)</small> (Alaska skate)
- Bathyraja peruana <small>McEachran & Miyake, 1984</small> (Peruvian skate)
- Bathyraja richardsoni <small>(Garrick, 1961)</small> (Richardson's ray)
- Bathyraja scaphiops <small>(Norman, 1937)</small> (Cuphead skate)
- Bathyraja schroederi <small>(Krefft, 1968)</small> (Whitemouth skate)
- Bathyraja sexoculata <small>Misawa, Orlov, Orlova, Gordeev & Ishihara, 2020</small>
- Bathyraja shuntovi <small>Dolganov, 1985</small> (Longnose deep-sea skate)
- Bathyraja simoterus <small>Ishiyama, 1967</small> (Hokkaido skate)
- Bathyraja smirnovi <small>(Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1915)</small> (Golden skate)
- Bathyraja smithii <small>(Müller & Henle, 1841)</small> (African softnose skate)
- Bathyraja spinicauda <small>(Jensen, 1914)</small> (Spinytail skate)
- Bathyraja spinosissima <small>(Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941)</small> (Spiny skate)
- Bathyraja trachouros <small>(Ishiyama, 1958)</small> (Eremo skate)
- Bathyraja taranetzi <small>(Dolganov, 1983)</small> (Mud skate)
- Bathyraja trachura <small>(Gilbert, 1892)</small> (Roughtail skate)
- Bathyraja tunae <small>Stehmann, 2005</small>
- Bathyraja tzinovskii <small>Dolganov, 1985</small> (Creamback skate)
- Bathyraja violacea <small>(Suvorov, 1935)</small> (Okhotsk skate)
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